40th AOP Awards Finalist
Women’s Boxing Photographer
Where strength, vulnerability and ambition coexist
I’m a boxing photographer interested in more than impact. I create honest, emotionally charged sport imagery that captures effort, identity and ambition as they unfold, frame by frame, in real time.
This award-recognised project with British boxer Vivien Parsons was developed across several sessions, documenting a young athlete with Olympic ambitions as she moved through training, pressure and personal growth. What began as a straightforward shoot became something deeper: a study of character, discipline and the emotional texture of pursuing greatness while still becoming yourself.
As a women’s boxing photographer and female sports editorial photographer, I’m less interested in spectacle for its own sake and more interested in what performance reveals. I work instinctively, with natural light, muted tones and fast lenses, staying close to the rhythm of the session rather than forcing it into something over-controlled. I want the work to breathe, these are the details that hold truth.
The project’s recognition as a finalist in the 40th Association of Photographers Awards reinforces that story-led, truthful sports imagery has a place in contemporary visual culture. For editorial clients, brands and agencies looking for a boxing photographer with a distinctive, human approach, this work shows how powerful sport photography can be when it honours vulnerability as much as strength.
Read the full story behind the shoot and AOP finalist recognition